Bruce Willis in Stylo
Just headed over to Youtube to watch the video for Stylo, the new Gorillaz single. For some reason they’ve disabled embedding so here’s a still and yes, that is Bruce Willis. Best musical project he’s worked on since Return of The Bruno.
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Shuan White at the Olympics
It’s not very often these days that someone ups the ante in skateboarding or snowboarding with regards to how many revolutions they can perform in an air trick. I can barely even comprehend the figure 1260 so the fact that Shaun White did a double McTwist, yes that’s 1260 degrees of revolution, in the final of the Olympic Half Pipe contest in Vancouver seems pretty extraordinary.
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Snowboarder on the Piste
Just back from a snowboarding trip to Bansko, Bulgaria. Bit of a schlep to get there, a 3 hour flight followed by a 3 hour transfer, but well worth it if you’re going for a week.
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Google Logo
Modern browsers for modern applications
Friday, January 29, 2010 at 2:00 PM
The web has evolved in the last ten years, from simple text pages to rich, interactive applications including video and voice. Unfortunately, very old browsers cannot run many of these new features effectively. So to help ensure your business can use the latest, most advanced web apps, we encourage you to update your browsers as soon as possible…Many other companies have already stopped supporting older browsers like Internet Explorer 6.0 as well as browsers that are not supported by their own manufacturers. We’re also going to begin phasing out our support, starting with Google Docs and Google Sites.
I’ve been watching with some interest how much market share Chrome has been gaining, this could be a tactic to gain a greater user base for the Google browser, although plenty of big players have already dropped support for Internet Explorer 6. Either way, I’ll be glad to see the back of IE6.
Train Platform at Dusk
Took this photo from the Eurostar Train on the way to Paris last week. Had been snowing quite heavily and lots of services were cancelled but we managed to get there and back albeit with some delays.
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I'm New Here album cover
RAD, not something I was expecting to see but there’s a new Gil Scott-Heron album on the way, it’s entitled I’m New Here out on the 8th of February on XL Recordings.
As far as I was aware he’s been in and out of prison for the last decade or so so I’m glad he’s got it together to release some new material.
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Paraty House
That’s it, I’m robbing Fred Goodwin and moving to Brazil, when I get there I’m going to buy this house and retire. Any tips on how to rob Fred Goodwin would be much appreciated.
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Burj Khalifa Tower
World’s tallest building opens in Dubai
The world’s tallest building has been opened with a dramatic fireworks ceremony in the Gulf emirate of Dubai.
The Burj Khalifa was revealed to be 828m (2,716ft) high, far taller than the previous record holder, Taipei 101.
Known as the Burj Dubai during construction, the tower has been renamed after the leader of Dubai’s oil-rich neighbour, Abu Dhabi.
Last month, Abu Dhabi gave Dubai a handout of $10bn (£6.13bn) to help it pay off its debts.
Construction of the Burj Dubai began in 2004, at the height of an economic boom.
Clad in 28,000 glass panels, the tower has 160 floors and more than 500,000 sq m of space for offices and flats.
Holy shit that is insane in the membrane, 828 meters! That’s over 3 times the size of Canary Wharf Tower which is the tallest building here in London.
I love a tall building, the biggest I’ve seen are the old Sears Tower (now Willis Tower) in Chicago at 442 m (1,451 ft) and the Two International Finance Centre in Hong Kong at 416 m (1,362 ft). They look pretty effin tall so this thing must look colossal.
Just watched this Transworld interview with Lance Mountain, the first of three parts, nice fastplant Lance.
Bickham Script Pro Italic Ampersand
I’ve been working on a logo that requires an ampersand as part of the design so have been looking through different fonts. I like ampersands, and this is officially my current favourite, Bickham Script Pro Italic.
The other one I’ve been toying with using is Baskerville Italic. Seems like the italic versions of ampersands are much nicer in most cases than the regular versions.